REPORT: Temple to join Houston Rockets

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Former LSU guard expects to sign 10-day contract today

By Carl Dubois
Tiger Rag Associate Editor

The Houston Chronicle reports former LSU guard Garrett Temple is expected to sign a 10-day contract today with the Houston Rockets.

Temple, a rookie who averaged 14.9 points for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Houston’s NBA Development League team, will fill a void left by the expiration of Will Conroy’s 10-day contract with the Rockets.

While Conroy played with the Houston team, Temple got more playing time at point guard for the Vipers.

Click here for more on the story from the Chronicle.

Temple, who is listed at 6-foot-6, 190 pounds, was the third member of his family to play basketball at LSU. He followed father Collis Temple Jr. and older brother Collis Temple III.

Click here for a Vipers team news release about Temple’s performance in a recent game.

Click here for a similar story from Sunday.

A Baton Rouge native, Temple played at University High before joining the LSU Tigers. He became the all-time leader in minutes played at LSU with 4,432, an average of 33.1 a game.

He is one of nine LSU players to compete for two SEC championship teams and was a starter on the 2006 Final Four team. He averaged 7.1 points per game, 4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game as a senior.

Carl Dubois has covered LSU athletics since 1999 and covered two seasons of Collis Temple III’s career with the Tigers. Contact him at carl@tigerrag.com.